From El Bolson

SALUDOS DE EL BOLSON, ARGENTINA!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE IT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) its like paradise!!!!!!!!!!!! its like UTAH!!!!!!!!! mountins all over the place. I am right on the cordillera or the andes mountains. so thats what basicly explains my area! mountain tourist town!!!! ah!!!!!! its sooo cool here!

let me explain my week.
So monday at 12 at night i left to go to bariloche. where i met with the elders there and did my visa papers with elder presley and his comp ELDER ROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahah his comps name is elder ross. he is from nevada. crazy right? then at 12:30 i took my bus to el bolson. the terminal here is like a house so i didnt know where to get off but the guy told me and i got off. When i got off, the elders werent there to look for me. so i sat by myself and waited for five minutes and the elders came. Then we just went to the pench (which is suuuuper nice!) the did visitas. I was kinda sick. Then on wednesday we worked all day. i was sick but idk what i had. like pains in all my body but i worked anyway. then i worked the next day when i was sick too. but then my comp gave me a blessing and i got better. Then we just worked all week. met some members. SUPER BOMB MEMBERS. then comes sunday and their was like 100 members in assistance!!!!!!!!! HOLY COW. thats the most i have had in all my mission. But we have two sets of elders here. Elder Frost, Elder Clark (he is new, he is from idaho), elder hernandez and i. the members are suuuuper nice and suuuuper cool. This is like a dream area. i love it here. We are working suuuuper hard and what not.

My comp is suuuuuuuper cool. Elder Hernandez. He is from Oaxaca Mexico. he kinda speaks with a lisp. but super cool. super funny. we just get along great. super humble. just a great guy.

We have seen a bunch of miracles this week. I heard (from a lot of elders after the fact) that president sent me to this area cause it was dead. he sent me to be a leader and change the area. So i am just going get my a game on and help this place out. I love it here. the people are amazing and what not. GOOD WEEK!!!!!!!!! LOVE EL BOLSON!!!

love you guys. you should do a family temple night. that would be super sweet. Love you guys!!!!

Elder ROss

Big, big, big News!

FAMILIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BIG BIG BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM LEAVING SENILLOSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM GOING TO EL BOLSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

transfers came and i am leaving senillosa today and going to el bolson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my companion will be elder Hernandez, he is from mexico. THis will be my 5th latin comp. I have had comps from all over south america. haha.  after 7 1/2 months here. wow so much time. haha. but it has been super good and i am going to miss the people here. 

On sunday we had stake confernece and we took like a bus with all the members and when i told them i was leaving, they said "NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" they were like screaming. THis is the longest any elder has been in senillosa since it has been an area. So i kinda have a record. haha. 

We didnt go to the open house cause it was in buenos aires. just the rededication that was on satilite. 

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY TRAINER IS ENGAGED"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fetch, its super crazy. haha.

so to sum up my week. let me tell of what has happened in my 7 1/2 months in senillosa.  

i had the coolest experience the other day saying goodbye to people here. The first one was to witness my convert, Alfredo Blanco receive the melchezidek preisthood in stake conference yesterday. That just made my mission. He is progressing soooo much. I have been there when he was baptised, confermed, i helped when they set him apart as a priest, then when he blessed the sacrament for the first time, and now when he was set apart as a elder. Thats what the mission is about. 

Then I went to see an investigator Carlos. I tried to baptise him for 7 1/2 months and nothin.  But he told me that i changed his life. That he saw miracles with me happen in his life. That  the priesthood blessing we gave him, healed him. Literally. Physically and spiritually. I know that the day will come when he gets baptised but he told me that the only one he wants to baptise him is me. (we will see about that)

Then thinking about my success this time in senillosa, i didnt have alot of baptisms, well, i only had one but a girl that we have been workin with for 7 1/2 months is geting baptised this next week. :) Yanella Salas. so as i think about my time here. i thought, maybe my time was to plant seeds. and another elder is going to harvest them. 

my time has been bitter sweet here in senillosa but i come out a better person and a better missionary cause the lord tried my faith in so many things. I have been to the lowest of lows on my mission here and have had some of the highest of highs. But the thing that i gained here in senillosa was not only a relationship with the people but a better relationship with my father in heaven. and i think after reading my patriarchal blessing alot, i knew that this experience is what i needed in my life to come closer to my father in heaven. 

Thanks for all your support. i sure to love you guys. Keep choosing the right. The next email will be coming from EL BOLSON, ARGENTINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder ROss

Fotos

 this was when Elder Zeballos came

 Me and my comp

 Me

Outside of our apartment

Howdy Elder

Its me again!!!!!!

So a couple items of business. This week is transfers, so the next email you get from me will be either with new comp or in a new area. We will see what the lord has in store for us. haha. 

This week, was suuuuper eventful. Tuesday was zone conference, bomb. Then tuesday night i went to bariloche. BOMB. got me some goood chocolate. oh it was soooooo good. Me and elder Draut went together. I am going to go again this friday to finish up my papers and all that. Then on saturday we did service all day. I kinda got sunburnt, not bad, but for the first time in like six months. Then on sunday.......TEMPLE DEDICATION!!!!!!!!!!!! it was incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Christofferson talked in Castillano and that was super cooll. Elder Zeballos talked too. Then elder eyring gave a sick talk. I will talk about that in a minute. So that was my week.

About the talk......So President Eyring gave a super good talk about not only the temple but something that had to do with our   job as missionaries and also the converts. He said talking about when we recieved our answer to find out if these things were true "What you felt was real, what you felt was true, what you felt was the Holy Spirit of Testimony". Obviously i have had a testimony all my life. But that just gave me a reassurance that what i felt was true. I still remember the day i had to pray to find out if the book of mormon was true before my mission. It was like a year before my mission. I will never forget what i felt. I didnt see an angel or nothing but i remember thinking "Keith, you know these things are true" What i felt was real, what i felt was the holy spirit of testimony bearing witness to me that the things of which i was praying about were true and i knew that. And it gave me more desires to help people find their answer and to help them identify what they feel. The mission is amazing. I couldnt ask for something more. The lord knows why i am here, and what i need to learn. I just need to be humble enough to follow the lord and learn what i need to learn. 

Love you guys. Keep choosing the right. 

Elder ROss

Super Cold here

hey! what it do!!!

im doing good. No snow. In these parts of argentina o sea where i am at, we dont get snow. Its just super cold. Carlos.....he hasnt come to church at all. thats the only thing he is missing is church attendance and he just started working again. No fun plans today. I was going to go to Bariloche but it was just a big confusment and we didnt go. so i think later this week i should be going.

This week we had a suuuuper good conference with Elder Zeballos. He is a 70. The conference was bomb. He just was so amazing. The spirit was flowing through him and thanks to that we were able to recieve alot of revelation on what we have to do to change things in our area. I lve these times because it helps me recharge my spiritualness and recharges my excitment to share the gospel.
Hmna Lovell shared a super cool story about a king who was poor and his kindom was super poor. One day a man came to the king offering help to change his kingdom, the man gave him a scope and let him look at his kingdom. He saw that his kingdom was beautiful and rich. The old man told him he only needed the faith and the vision to change the kingdom. And he did. They told us that that is what we have to in our areas.

Then we helped a family in Plottier that their house burned down. It was super good to help them and see the change in their eyes and how greatful they were for our service. That was a testimony builder for me.

This next sunday we will have the re-dedication of the Buenos Aires temple. I am super excited to go and recieve some revelation on some changes that i can do as a missionary. What i can do to become more consecrated. That is my goal. This might sound bumb but i would like to become like Elder Manwaring. I love reading his emails and hearing about how good of a missioary he is.

Love ya kids. Keep safe

Elder Ross